Korean War veteran Bernard Cote recalls the explosions all around him and the terrifying and deafening roar from a continuous barrage of incoming artillery…
Korean War veteran Bernard Cote recalls the explosions all around him and the terrifying and deafening roar from a continuous barrage of incoming artillery…
Author of the article: Ian MacAlpine
Publishing date: Apr 23, 2021 • 1 hour ago • 3 minute read Kingston artist James Keirstead shows his painting on Princess Patricia s Canadian Light Infantry troops preparing for battle in the 1951 Battle of Kapyong in the Korean War, on Thursday, March 11, 2021. The painting will be unveiled in a virtual ceremony at the National War Museum in Ottawa on Saturday, April 24, 2021. Photo by Ian MacAlpine /The Whig-Standard
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Renowned Canadian landscape and heritage artist James Keirstead of Kingston recently completed a 24-by-16-inch, oil-based painting of troops from Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry preparing to fight in the Battle of Kapyong during the Korean War in 1951.